But in the south, the windswept uplands studded with tussock which ascend slowly into the foothills of the Andes, the endless plains of Patagonia, attracted more than their share of English.
The east of Lake Baycal , including the Far Eastern region, is a complex series of uplands, including the Yablonovy, Stanovy, Dzhugdzhur, Verkhoyansk, Chersky and Koryak mountain ranges.
Life is not a long slow decline from sunlit uplands towards the valley of is, rather, a U-bend.
Instead of the colourless air of the uplands the atmosphere down there was a deep blue.
The rainy night had ushered in a misty morning--half frost, half drizzle and temporary brooks crossed our path--gurgling from the uplands.
On rocky hillsides there are wooden huts and in wooded valleys, towns of brick. Arid uplands are irrigated and planted with leafy gardens, whereas, on fertile plains, the parks are paved with stone.
The human brain, probably uniquely in the whole of evolutionary history, can see across the valley and can plot a course away from extinction and towards distant uplands.
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